One of Colorado’s favorite roadside attractions, the giant hot dog-shaped eatery known as Coney Island in Bailey, went up for sale last fall — and it now has a new owner who plans to restore it to its former glory. A Kickstarter campaign was started by John D. Wallace last…
After nearly nine months of effort, Jake Soffes is nearly at the top of the hill — Capitol Hill, that is. His airy new bar, Hudson Hill, at 619 East 13th Avenue, is lacking only a final liquor license sign-off before the doors can open to the public. That should come today,…
Graduating East High School senior Evan Wells has a passion for film, but he never thought it would lead to a school project. But an assignment through East’s Gifted and Talented program led him to picking up a video camera for the first time to create a short film featuring…
Chef Elise Wiggins has been behind the burners at Panzano in the Hotel Monaco for the past twelve years, but now she’s ready to embark on a new chapter. The chef’s last day at Panzano was yesterday (May 12) and she’s now in the final stages of launching something new…
The Irish eyes of Katie Mullen are no longer smiling down on the 16th Street Mall; Katie Mullen’s Irish Restaurant & Pub shuttered for good on Wednesday night. The closure comes after Northwest Bars Inc., the owner of Katie Mullen’s, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January. A message on the…
Illegal Pete’s took over an abandoned former IHOP at 2001 East Colfax Avenue two years ago and converted it into a towering cathedral of Colorado-style, fast-casual Mexican. The eighth Colorado Illegal Pete’s — and the ninth overall, including a new Tuscon, Arizona outpost — opens to the public tomorrow morning…
Chef/restaurateur Mary Nguyen has ushered P17 through eleven years and a theme change (from what was once Parallel 17) in the Uptown neighborhood, helping the eatery evolve to meet the dining needs of guests. In 2013, she opened Olive & Finch just a scone’s throw away to provide a more…
Meat may or may not be murder, but vandalism and defacing private property are definitely crimes. Vandals chose the front window of tiny, independently owned To the Wind Bistro at 3333 East Colfax Avenue as an impromptu billboard to voice their somewhat unsophisticated views on eating meat. Chef/co-owner Royce Oliveira was…
Rosenberg’s Bagels & Deli was closed by a fire above its Five Points shop more than a week ago — a traumatic and tragic event that is now being investigated as an arson, possibly set to cover up a murder. While it may be some time before owner Joshua Pollack…
Last night, the Colorado Restaurant Association presented its annual Spotlight Awards at the Exdo Event Center in River North to honor the state’s restaurant hospitality stars. This year the theme of the awards ceremony was Women Who Rock and the ticketed event was highlighted by cooking demonstrations from five of…
When Bang closed at 3472 West 32nd Avenue last summer, we knew it wouldn’t be long before another restaurant would move in to the cozy space with the sly back entrance and secluded patio seating. And while the familiar giant fork and spoon that marked Bang for passersby still hang…
Julia Blackbird’s, which opened on West 32nd Street in 2000, was an early pioneer in the revitalization of Highlands Square. But a sixteen-year run of serving Southwestern cuisine in the West Highland neighborhood has come to an end. The place won’t sit vacant for long though; a new sign is…
There — or “there…” — opened yesterday on the ground floor of the Lumina apartment building at West 33rd Avenue and Navajo street, serving a surprisingly deep menu of shared plates, bowls, tostadas, lettuce wraps, skewers and steamed buns. With eighteen different proteins on the dinner slate, plus a few…
What’s in a name? The sign above a restaurant’s door can often tell you all you need to know, especially if you’re the kind of eater who would rather savor a particular dish than spread your appetite across a broad, rambling menu. Some eateries are single-minded in their dedication to…
Between overseeing his Denver restaurant empire (which started with TAG but is now includes Sugarmill, TAG Burger Bar, Los Chingones and more — including several on the way), cooking at charity events and making celebrity-chef appearances, restaurateur Troy Guard is a hard man to pin down. When word reached us…
As food-savvy customers increasingly expect professional kitchens to crank out handmade edibles (rather than outsourcing to specialists), the daily grind of many a Denver chef has grown to include butchering, preparing charcuterie, curing meat and turning ground pork into delicious links. Some make fresh, rustic sausages that are served grilled…
Two neighboring downtown restaurant addresses with a history of change are in the process of becoming something new once again. Reunion Gastro Pub & Wine Bar at 1480 Arapahoe Street and Viand at 1040 15th Street (both on the ground floor of the Brooks Towers apartments) opened last summer but…
A couple of fun openings highlighted this week’s restaurant news, with the much-anticipated Mas Kaos bringing tacos and pizza under one roof to Tennyson Street and Korean barbecue Dae Gee getting the tabletop grills going at its third location on Broadway. But more sobering news came early in the week…
How do you pack a little extra value into an already busy restaurant? Add happy hour or brunch to bring in the crowds at hours where chairs sit otherwise empty. Or for a bar that already does a decent happy hour, a new chef-driven menu might do the trick to…
Silvana Vukadin-Hoitt, who offers private Turkish coffee readings at her Silvana Mondo antique and art gallery at 4420 Tennyson Street, talked to us last week about her Bosnian heritage and the art of hospitality. Along with inky cups of coffee, Turkish delight, dates and almonds, she served intricate Bosnian pastries filled with…
Chef/restaurateur Troy Guard opened his first Bubu on Larimer Square in the summer of 2014. The spot took over the former home of TAG: Raw Bar, specializing in light and healthy bowls with an Asian bent. A few months later, Guard opened a second, larger Bubu in Lowry. But after dinner…
Patrick Mangold-White operates the charming Kaos Pizzeria in a Victorian house on Pearl Street and the newer Uno Mas Taqueria just a couple of blocks south. Along with his Gaia Bistro in between the two, he’s got quite a lock on the Platt Park neighborhood dining scene. So when the…
